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Beyond the world's favourite hippo
Oped, Published on 02/01/2025
» The news from Asia at year-end 2024 that dominated headlines here in the United States included the tragic crash landing of Jeju Air flight 2216 flying from Thailand. As hundreds of millions took to roads and to the air for the holidays, the news seemed especially close to home, even thousands of miles away.
Bad to good: What kind of year was 2023 for Asia?
Oped, Published on 28/12/2023
» As 2023 departs, and 2024 -- and soon, the lunar Year of the Dragon -- arrives, we once again highlight the winners and losers of the year gone by in Asia.
A last look back at Asia this year
Oped, Published on 31/12/2021
» 2022 could not have come fast enough. For many in Thailand and no doubt the rest of the world, new hope based on increased vaccination rates against Covid-19 was overwhelmed by the spread of the Omicron variant at year-end. Thailand's travel and tourism sector continues to be particularly hard hit as entry and quarantine rules continue to change.
Year in review: The winners and losers of 2020
News, Published on 04/01/2021
» As 2021 begins -- not soon enough for most of us -- we take one last look at the year that was.
Year in review: The winners and losers of 2019
News, Published on 04/01/2020
» As 2020 begins, we take one last look at the year that was. Whether in Bangkok, Singapore or New York, consumers and investors took note as US President Trump continued his disruptive approach to diplomacy and pushed back on China trade practices in 2019.
Richer Asia will be poorer without jumbos
News, Published on 25/04/2015
» Last November, a retirement party complete with Buddhist rituals was held for Phnom Penh’s beloved pachyderm Sambo. After 30 years of entertaining tourists in Cambodia’s capital, Sambo will spend her remaining years with 12 other elephants in the Keo Seima forest located in the country’s Mondolkri province.
America pivots south, to India
Asia focus, Published on 02/02/2015
» Thailand might not be on his agenda for a while because of the military coup, but the recent visit to India by US President Barack Obama may signify that South Asia, like Southeast Asia, is finally getting some well-deserved US attention as part of the so-called American rebalance —once known as the "pivot" — to Asia.